Checklists

If you were to ask someone to describe me, I am certain that the words "clean freak" would never come out of their mouths.  Do I like living in a clean house-Yes!  But do I like cleaning-NO!  I do however get a little more motivated to clean when we have company, and so yes you guessed it we are getting ready to have company.  Aaron's extended family is coming in to town starting tonight.  Of course I had a check list of things I wanted to get done beforehand.  I do have to confess I had a little help....Aaron let me get a cleaning lady to clean the bathrooms and hardfloors toward the end of my pregnancy and so since he hasn't told me otherwise I am still having her come.  Even with the help I have been busy cleaning, organizing, and doing laundry.  Now I am going to enjoy living in a clean house, if only for a little while.  Bring on the company!

White Christmas

I was so excited to see snow falling on Christmas day.  It isn't often that we have a white Christmas, so we had to enjoy the fun while we could.  Here are some pics of the kids having fun in the snow.  Avery enjoyed throwing it around, while Deacon (being the worker that he is) only wanted to "work".  Daddy got Deacon the new shovel for Christmas, and of course it needed to be put to the test. 

Christmas fun

What a wonderful Christmas day we had.  We started off with Christmas at our house, and then went to mom and dad's later that day to continue more Christmas fun.

The kids coming down the stairs to see...

The annual picture of all the grandkids on the horses (I believe this is year 4).

What a fun filled Christmas weekend we had.  But I think we were all tuckered out from all the excitement, even Max!

Reindeer treats!

Yesterday was the beginning of a new Christmas tradition in the Junk house.  We made reindeer treats. Look below and you can see the fun we had, especially the kids.  They can't wait to sprinkle it in the yard tonight for the reindeer to eat while they wait on Santa delivering their gifts.

Pirates!

Just wanted to share some pirate fun we had around the house yesterday!

 

Play-Doh

If you are like me, you cringe when you see these containers of play-doh. It makes such a mess, and Deacon uses all the tools as weapons instead of what they were actually made for. After much begging from the kids I gave in and let them play with this messy "toy". And of course they had a blast, just see for yourself.

Insanity

Well, this week marks the 6th week little Amelia has been in this world. Not only that, but it also marks the week that I get to start exercising again. Yay!! I am ready for the fat to get off this body of mine. I am bigger now than I was at 6 weeks post partum with my other two. That is a little discouraging to me, but I am very determined to get this baby weight off. I have been thinking of the perfect way to jump start my exercise regime for the last 6 weeks, and I had come to the conclusion that instead of running off the weight (like I did with my other 2) I was going to do some sort of all over body workout. You see running is great for burning calories, but it doesn't strengthen your entire body. A couple of weeks ago I saw an infomercial for this program called insanity. It looked like just the thing for me. It is hard core cardio interval training, 40 minutes long, and you use your own body weight for resistance (that way I wouldn't have to go out and buy weights or bands).....so the next day I ordered it.

Today marks day 3 of the insanity program, and I can barely walk. It hurts to raise my arms, and it hurts to roll over in bed, and I love it! I love the feeling of using my body to it's full capacity (which isn't much right now), I love the feeling of doing something to help get my rear in gear and in shape. I have to take breaks, and modify some of the exercises, but I am determined. My goal is to keep up with him and not have to modify the exercises by the end of the 60 days. My sister in law Jill is doing it also, and I would like to challenge any of you to try insanity if you are wanting to get in shape, and lose fat. I don't think you'll be disappointed!!